How to install Picapy in Ubuntu

To install Picapy

Utilize the following command to add the repositories.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao 
 Applications from atareao
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~atareao/+archive/ubuntu/atareao
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmppnzddjca/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmppnzddjca/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 36FD5529 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmppnzddjca/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 36FD5529: public key " Launchpad PPA for atareao"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Then update the repository by running the following command.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get update 
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial InRelease                        
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                             
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done          

Once the update is done, start installing the picapy package.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get install picapy 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  picapy
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 350 not upgraded.
Need to get 227 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,267 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/atareao/atareao/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 picapy all 2.1.2-0extras14.04.2 [227 kB]
Fetched 227 kB in 3s (66.3 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package picapy.
(Reading database ... 211347 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../picapy_2.1.2-0extras14.04.2_all.deb ...
Unpacking picapy (2.1.2-0extras14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up picapy (2.1.2-0extras14.04.2) ...

Open the application from the Unity dashboard and the software is ready to use.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get remove picapy 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  picapy
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 350 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,267 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 211461 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing picapy (2.1.2-0extras14.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...